Americans View Their Mental Health, 1976 (ICPSR 7948)

Funded in 1975 by the National Institute of Mental Health,
this data collection proposed to assess the quality of American life
and to influence national policy aimed at enhancing mental health
resources. This collection contains 262 variables that were also
included in AMERICANS VIEW THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 1957 (ICPSR 3503). The
survey queried American adults on various areas in which problems
might arise, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and general
social relationships. Information a... (more info)

Funded in 1975 by the National Institute of Mental Health,
this data collection proposed to assess the quality of American life
and to influence national policy aimed at enhancing mental health
resources. This collection contains 262 variables that were also
included in AMERICANS VIEW THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 1957 (ICPSR 3503). The
survey queried American adults on various areas in which problems
might arise, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and general
social relationships. Information about leisure time, past and present
physical and mental health, and motives for affiliation, achievement,
and power were also sought. In addition, extensive information was
collected concerning help-seeking, the readiness of people to use
professional help for mental health problems, the particular helpers
they used, referral mechanisms, and evaluation of help received.

Access Notes

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Universe:
Americans aged 21 years and older living in private
households in the United States in 1976.

Data Types:
survey data

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage area probability sample.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-10

Version History:

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.